Mustafa Gharib was born in 1942 in Balakiyani village of the town of Diana in Erbil Governorate. He was a villager engaged in farming, was illiterate, and was married.
In 1974, he joined the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Hamid Effendi Battalion of the Balak Force. He took part in the battles of Gorage, Sertiz, Garowebesh and Gali Ali Beg. On April 16, 1974, while attacking the Iraqi regime's army at Gali Ali Beg, he was martyred by Iraqi regime bullets alongside his brother Sheikh Gharib Sheikh, who was also a Peshmerga.
Source:1. Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.